After our study of
the last few days it's clear that history and deep study of the Bible has
revealed that the Beast so far mentioned in Revelation 13 is the same Papal
power we know from our study of Daniel.
The two books - Daniel and Revelation go hand in hand in prophecy. Let's continue on in Revelation and learn
more, this time about another beast. By the grace of God may we gain all the
understanding He would have us know so we may be blessed and keep the things in
His Revelation.
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This next excerpt is
from 'Facts of Faith' By Christian Edwardson
'24. The United
States In Prophecy
A Beautiful Picture
WE HAVE now seen that "the first beast of Revelation 13: 1-10 represents
the Papacy, and that it received its "deadly wound" in 1798, when the
Papal States had been abolished, Rome declared a republic, and Pope Pius VI taken
a prisoner into France where he died in "captivity," August 19, 1799.
(Revelation 13: 3,
10.) The prophet then sees "another beast coming up." Verse ll.
Knowing that a "beast” in prophecy represents a "kingdom"
(Daniel 7: 23) we must conclude that a new nation was to come up about 1798.
In 1754 John Wesley,
in his "New Testament with Explanatory Notes," applied the beast of
Revelation 13: 1-10 to the Papacy, and then wrote the following note under the
eleventh verse: "Another . . . beast. . . . But he is not yet come, though
he cannot be far off; for he is to appear at the end of the forty two months of
the first beast. And he had two horns like a lamb-a mild, innocent
appearance." - p. 427.
In locating this new
nation let us notice the following points in this prophecy:
(1) When the prophet
saw the papal beast go "into captivity" (Revelation 13: 10), he
"beheld another beast" "like a lamb" "coming up."
Verse 11.
A lamb is not full
grown. This nation, therefore, would be coming up, and not be full grown in
1798, when the papal beast went into captivity.
(2) While the four
beasts of Daniel 7: 3, and the first beast of Revelation 13: 1, all came up
from "the sea," which in prophecy means "peoples, and
multitudes" (Revelation 17: 15), the second beast of Revelation 13: 11
came "up out of the earth," indicating that, while the former
kingdoms arose in countries populated with peoples and multitudes, this latter
nation was to rise in new territory, not formerly occupied.
(3) The dragon of
Revelation 12, and the first beast of Revelation 13, both had crowns, but this
beast had none, which would indicate that it was to be a republic, having no
crowned head.
(4) It would
exercise its power "before" the papal beast (verse 12), showing that
it is not a Catholic nation, nor counted as part of the papal confederacy,
therefore it would naturally be a Protestant nation to begin with.
(5) It would be a
great nation, for it was equal in power to the Papacy. Verse 12.
(6) And yet its
principles were to be lamb like, mild (verse 11), or as the Danish and German
have it: "Like the lamb," - Christlike. And Christ advocated two
great principles: First, separation of church and state. He said: "Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things
which be God's." Luke 20: 25. That is, keep the two separate. Second,
religious liberty. He said: "If any man hear My words, and believe not, I
judge him not." John 12:47. "Judge not, that ye be not judged!'
Matthew 7: 1.
It is evident that
only one nation answers to all these specifications: the United States of
America. It became an independent nation in 1776, and was not full grown in
1798, having only thirteen states, compared with forty-eight now. Its peaceful
growth and principles of liberty answer also to the predictions of this
prophecy.
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The United States in
Prophecy. It's true, the United States
is in prophecy and we need to understand this further. By the grace of God
alone this will be possible!
In the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord and Savior, now and forever, and ever, AMEN.
******* Continuing our prophecy study-- Please
GO back and READ the study from the beginning to gain full understanding of
where we are if you haven't been following this study daily. Thank you
:) God bless you! ******
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